"I don't think we can do anything very well in this world
unless we practice it. And I don't believe we do A.A. too
well unless we practice it. . . . We should practice . . .
acquiring the spirit of service. We should attempt to
acquire some faith, which isn't easily done, especially
for the person who has always been very materialistic,
following the standards of society today. But I think
faith can be acquired; it can be acquired slowly; it has
to be cultivated. That was not easy for me, and I assume
that it is difficult for everyone else . . . . "
DR. BOB AND THE GOOD OLDTIMERS, pp. 307-08

Fear is often the force that prevents me from acquiring
and cultivating the power of faith. Fear blocks my
appreciation of beauty, tolerance, forgiveness, service,
and serenity.

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Twenty-Four Hours A Day

A.A. Thought For The Day

After we've been in A.A. for a while, we find out that if
we're going to stay sober, we have to be humble people. The
men and women in A.A. who have achieved sobriety are all
humble people. When I stop to think that but for the grace
of God I might be drunk right now, I can't help feeling
humble. Gratitude to God for His grace makes me humble. When
I think of the kind of person I was not so long ago, when I
think of the person I left behind me, I have nothing to be
proud of. Am I grateful and humble?

Meditation For The Day

I must arise from the death of sin and selfishness and put
on a new life of integrity. All the old sins and temptations
must be laid in the grave and a new existence rise from the
ashes. Yesterday is gone. All my sins are forgiven if I am
honestly trying to do God's will today. Today is here, the
time of resurrection and renewal. I must start now, today,
to build a new life of complete faith and trust in God and
a determination to do His will in all things.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may share in making the world a better place
to live in. I pray that I may do what I can to bring
goodness a little nearer to the earth.

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As Bill Sees It

Complete
Security?, p. 112

Upon entering A.A., the spectacle of years of waste threw us into
panic. Financial importance was no longer our principal aim; we now
clamored for material security.

Even when we were re-established in our business, terrible fears
often continued to haunt us. This made us misers and penny-pinchers
all over again. Complete financial security we must have--or else.

We forgot that most alcoholics in A.A. have an earning power
considerably above average; we forgot the immense good will of our
brother A.A.'s who were only too eager to help us to better jobs
when we deserved them; we forgot the actual or potential financial
insecurity of every human being in the world. And, worst of all, we
forgot God. In money matters we had faith only in ourselves, and not
too much of that.

12 & 12, pp. 120-121

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Walk in Dry Places

The Good that I do____ Action
Why do we hold back when we're offered the opportunity to help others
or to do something unusually kind? Why is it that many people are
reluctant to give of themselves unless rewarded with recognition or
praise?
We may hold back because we do not understand that any good action
always brings its own reward. Despite Shakespeare's timeless
saying,
the good we do is not "interred with our bones"… it does survive, now
and in the future.
We've learned in Twelve Step programs that it's not really satisfying
to work only for recognition and praise. There also has to be a
confident feeling that our efforts are contributing to a large good
with a worthwhile purpose. That's what makes AA so special to
people
who are completely devoted to it… we know that anything done for AA
makes the world a better place.
We should also know that those who can help others are fortunate,
well-favored people. Others may want to help, but lack the
tools. We
have the tools to give the help that changes lives---- and the
world.
The good that I do today is a treasure I'll always possess. I
need not
fear the act of letting my higher self take over and guide me.

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Keep It Simple

One of the most important parts of the AA program is to give our
drinking
problem to God honestly and fully… Twenty-Four Hour a Day, March 1
We don’t handle our drinking or other drug problem. We don’t take care
of
this problem by ourselves. We turn our problem over to God as we
understand Him. We need to be very clear about this. We can’t handle
our
drinking or other drug problem! Our Higher Power keeps us sober through
the Steps and the fellowship of the program.
Our job is to hand over our problem to our Higher Power. We do this
daily
by acting like sober people.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, I know I can’t handle drinking
and
using other drugs. I
turn my problem over to you. Please take from me the urge to drink or
use.
Action for the Day: Today, I’ll remember why I can’t handle or
take
care of my problem with
alcohol or other drugs. And I’ll remember why my Higher Power can.***********************************************************Each Day a New Beginning

To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and
to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking
forward. --Margaret Fairless Barber
When we contemplate last month, last year, the period of time just
before we came into this Twelve Step program, we can see many changes,
good changes, have come our way. But we take the changes for granted
sometimes. Or maybe we fail to reflect on them at all. We get caught up
in the turmoil of the present, believing it will last forever,
forgetting that yesterday's turmoil taught us much that we needed to
know.
The past, for most of us, was rife with pain. But now we have hope. We
have gained on life. We may be back in the good graces of our family.
Perhaps we have patched up some failed relationships. A career has
beckoned to us. Good experiences have come to pass. But we aren't free
of difficulties. They need not get us down again. Hindsight assures us
that this, too, will pass. It also guarantees that we will move
forward, just as we have again and again, if we have but faith.
I will take this moment to look back at last year or the last binge. I
can rest assured that I am moving forward. I will continue to do so.

At the very beginning, the couple ought to frankly face the fact that
each will have to yield here and there if the family is going to play
an effective part in the new life. Father will necessarily spend much
time with other alcoholics, but this activity should be balanced. New
acquaintances who know nothing of alcoholism might be made and
thoughtful considerations given their needs. The problems of the
community might engage attention. Though the family has no religious
connections, they may wish to make contact with or take membership in a
religious body.

GROUNDED - Alcohol clipped
this pilot's
wings until sobriety and hard work brought him back to the sky.

I have returned to my Indian people once again after a long
shame-filled absence. I am dancing again and returning to the old
way I left behind. I have spoken at two Native American A.A.
conventions, something I never thought I'd see when I was a youngster
growing up. Adversity truly introduces us to ourselves. But
we need never deal with our adversities alone as long as we can find
another alcoholic in a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous.

p. 530***********************************************************

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions

Tradition Nine - "A.A., as such, ought
never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees
directly responsible to those they serve."

The same stern threat applies to the group itself. Unless there is
approximate conformity to A.A.'s Twelve Traditions, the group, too, can
deteriorate and die. So we of A.A. do obey spiritual principles, first
because we must, and ultimately because we love the kind of life such
obedience brings. Great suffering and great love are A.A.'s
disciplinarians; we need no others.

p. 174***********************************************************

The
only
thing
you
get
from sitting on the pity pot is a
ring around
your butt and nobody to show it to!
--Anonymous

"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."
--John Wooden

"Simmering resentment saps energy."
--Nido Qubein

"Pain is an experience. Suffering is a choice."
--Jeff Alexander

Open to a larger, more abundant source. That source is God. And
God's supply is the universe. When we look to God and the universe, we
open ourselves to a never-ending supply of what we need--love, energy,
teaching, support, information, guidance, and nurturing. Certain people
and places may help us along the way, but God is our source for love.
--Melody Beattie

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Father Leo's Daily Meditation

VALUES

"A man who dares to waste one
hour of time has not discovered
the value of life."
--Charles Darwin

Life is not to be wasted. Time is not to be wasted. Friends,
relationships,
opportunities are not to be wasted. Why? Because as vulnerable human
beings we do not have the ultimate control of our lives and none of us
know when our lives will end, when we shall die, when time and
opportunity will be no more! Life is too precious to waste.

During my years as an addict I did not value my life. I did not value
time.
I did not value friends and relationships. Nothing was valued except the
alcohol! Life was meaningless. God was absent and I felt nothing - just
a
"dullness" at the center of my being. Today this is not the case.
Through
my pain I have found the value of life and I have discovered a God as I
understand Him.

God, let me value what I have while I have it.

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"Without
faith
it
is
impossible
to please God because anyone who comes
to Him must believe that He exists, and that he rewards those who
earnestly seek Him."
Hebrews 11:6

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift
you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for
you.
1 Peter 5:6-7***********************************************************

Daily Inspiration
Don't allow the difficult people around you to get
you down. Lord, may I not make other people's problems my own and take
on things that I can't do anything about anyway.

There is light behind every shadow. Lord, You are the light of the
world. May I never forget to turn to You when my life fills with
shadows.

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NA Just For Today

Fear

"We have found that we had no choice
except to completely change our old ways of thinking or go back to
using."Basic Text, p. 21

Many of us find that our old ways of
thinking were dominated by fear. We were afraid that we wouldn't be
able to get our drugs or that there wouldn't be enough. We feared
discovery, arrest, and incarceration. Further down the list were fears
of financial problems, homelessness, overdose, and illness. And our
fear controlled our actions.

The early days of recovery weren't a
great deal different for many of us; then, too, fear dominated our
thinking. "What if staying clean hurts too much?" we asked ourselves.
"What if I can't make it? What if the people in NA don't like me? What
if NA doesn't work?" The fear behind these thoughts can still control
our behavior, keeping us from taking the risks necessary to stay clean
and grow. It may seem easier to resign ourselves to certain failure,
giving up before we start, than to risk everything on a slim hope. But
that kind of thinking leads only to relapse.

To stay clean, we must find the
willingness to change our old ways of thinking. What has worked for
other addicts can work for us—but we must be willing to try it. We must
trade in our old cynical doubts for new affirmations of hope. When we
do, we'll find it's worth the risk.

Just for today: I pray for the
willingness to change my old ways of thinking, and for the ability to
overcome my fears.pg. 115

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You are reading from the book Today's
Gift.In grief, healing helps us make peace
with the meaning of death, which cannot be understood except as an
unknown

part of life. --Alla Bozarth-CampbellIt is a sad occasion when we must say
goodbye to a loved one or pet who has died. But grief is the only way
we can

come to understand our losses, and
sharing grief helps us experience it more fully.Perhaps we wish to grieve for
something else we've lost, like fading youth, a job, a possession, or a
habit we had come

to enjoy. It's natural to feel grief
over things like this, too.We can share stories and good memories
with other grievers, and give free reign to our tears. Sometimes it
seems the

more we talk, the sadder we feel about
our losses, but when we share these feelings with others, we turn our
losses

into gain. We heal ourselves, pay
tribute to those we grieve for, and share an intimate sense of loss
with someone else.Do I have grief to share?

You are reading from the book
Touchstones.The first skill needed for the Inner
Game is called "letting it happen." This means gradually building a
trust in the innate

ability of your body to learn and to
perform. --W. Timothy GallweyA strange and intriguing mystery
confronts us in the Twelve Steps. We are mending our ways; we are
becoming

accountable; we are striving to do
what is right, yet we are learning to let go. This seems like a
contradiction of logic, but

it leads us to a spiritual awakening.We are becoming like the accomplished
tennis player who has practiced diligently to develop every detail of
his skill. Yet

when he is playing the game, he cannot
focus on control. He must get his ego out of the way and let himself
go. It is in

letting go that he rises to his
highest level of fulfillment. Today we will do what we must. We can
make the choices we

are faced with. Then we allow
ourselves to be carried along by our Higher Power to complete and
fulfill the process.I will look for opportunities to let
it happen today.

You are reading from the book Each Day
a New Beginning.To look backward for a while is to
refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its
prime function of

looking forward. --Margaret Fairless
BarberWhen we contemplate last month, last
year, the period of time just before we came into this Twelve Step
program, we

can see many changes, good changes,
have come our way. But we take the changes for granted sometimes. Or

maybe we fail to reflect on them at
all. We get caught up in the turmoil of the present, believing it will
last forever,

forgetting that yesterday's turmoil
taught us much that we needed to know.The past, for most of us, was rife
with pain. But now we have hope. We have gained on life. We may be back
in the

good graces of our family. Perhaps we
have patched up some failed relationships. A career has beckoned to us.
Good

experiences have come to pass. But we
aren't free of difficulties. They need not get us down again. Hindsight
assures

us that this, too, will pass. It also
guarantees that we will move forward, just as we have again and again,
if we have but

faith.I will take this moment to look back
at last year or the last binge. I can rest assured that I am moving
forward. I will

continue to do so.

You are reading from the book The
Language of Letting Go.WaitingWait. If the time is not right, the
way is not clear, the answer or decision not consistent, wait.We may feel a sense of urgency. We may
want to resolve the issue by doing something - anything now, but that
action

is not in our best interest.Living with confusion or unsolved
problems is difficult. It is easier to resolve things. But making a
decision too soon,

doing something before its time, means
we may have to go back and redo it.If the time is not right, wait. If the
way is not clear, do not plunge forward. If the answer or decision
feels muddy, wait.In this new way of life, there is a
Guiding Force. We do not ever have to move too soon or move out of
harmony.

Waiting is an action - a positive,
forceful action.Often, waiting is a God guided action,
one with as much power as a decision, and more power than an urgent,
ill timed

decision.We do not have to pressure ourselves
by insisting that we do or know something before its time. When it is
time, we

will know. We will move into that time
naturally and harmoniously. We will have peace and consistency. We will
feel

empowered in a way we do not feel
today.Deal with the panic, the urgency, and
the fear; do not let them control or dictate decisions.Waiting isn't easy. It isn't fun. But
waiting is often necessary to get what we want. It is not dead time; it
is not downtime.

The answer will come. The power will
come. The time will come. And it will be right.Today, I will wait, if waiting is the
action I need in order to take care of myself. I will know that I am
taking a positive,

forceful action by waiting until the
time is right. God, help me let go of my fear, urgency, and panic. Help
me learn the art

of waiting until the time is right.
Help me learn timing. --Melody Beattie

It feels terrific letting go of
perfection as my goal. As I let go of my judgments, all parts of me
come together and I feel complete. --Ruth Fishel

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Journey To The Heart

Trust What You Know

As you grow, as you evolve, as you
continue on this journey, you’ll discover many special abilities,
gifts, and powers. One is an increased sense of knowingness. We will
begin to understand events and people on a level much deeper than we
experienced before.

We will begin to know the feeling of a
person, place, or thing. We will begin to feel its energy, not just its
matter or physical form. We’ll talk to a person for a while and know if
that person feels trapped, feels like a victim, or feels free. We’ll
know if a place holds energy that’s good for us. Or we’ll know that the
energy isn’t right for us, doesn’t currently complement our needs. We
won’t judge. We’ll just know. And we’ll know what to do.

Powers appear when we open the heart.
We find the powers of love, comfort, faith, joy. There are other
powers,too, that come along the way. One of these is the quiet power of
trusting what we know.

Open your heart. Let it show you what
it knows. Learn to trust what you know. You’re wiser than you think.

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More Language Of Letting Go

Discern what’s important

Above all, I had learned to
distinguish what was important in life and what was not. The important
was often a handful of water, sometimes a protected bivouac site, a
book, a conversation. – Reinhold Messner, Free Spirit

A friend of mine, desiring to pursue a
life of adventure by joining the skydiving community, quit a good job,
sold all of his belongings, and moved on to an airport with a couple of
duffle bags and a parachute. Today, he has realized his dream. He’s a
professional sky diver, married, and living in a decent home close to
his dream job– jumping out of airplanes. “I’ll never get rich doing
this,” he explains. “But I get to wake up every day knowing that I get
to do exactly what I want to do. And even more importantly, my years as
a drop-zone bum taught me about whay was truly important, and what’s
not.”

We get attached to our things. We fuss
when someone spills soda on the couch, get angry over the slightest
ding on our leased Honda, and make up for lost time with loved ones by
bringing them more things.

Look closely at your life. Decide
what’s really important to you. What would you genuinely miss, if you
didn’t have it? What would you perhaps not even notice, if it was
missing from your life? What might you be better off without?

Learn to distinguish between the
essential and that which you don’t really need. You might find, like my
friend, that you’d be happier with two duffel bags and a dream than you
would be with a garage full of clutter that never gets used.

God, grant me the strength to pursue
my dreams. Help me cut through the clutter and discover what’s truly
important for me and my family.

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In God’s Care

Hindsight is an exact science. ~~Guy Bellamy

Sometimes we may think life would be
much easier if we new just what to expect when we’re trying something
new or making important plans. It’s true we wouldn’t have to deal with
the uncertainty of life, but neither would we have the thrill of
anticipation that comes with change.

How or life evolves over time, we
entrust to God. God is here today, meeting our needs in ways we can’t
predict. Our role is simply to trust and listen to our Higher Power and
choose our actions accordingly. We no longer have to choose the
thoughts and behaviors that foster anxiety.

When we quiet our inner dialogue,
we’re open to what God wills for us and are available for the
experiences that provide for our growth. We’ll find ourselves relying
less on hindsight and more on our intuitive grasp of the moment. We’ll
know the best way to proceed in every circumstance if we look to God
for direction.

Today I will depend less on hindsight
and trying to predict the future, and more on pausing to listen to my
Higher Power.

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Acting Together for GoodCooperation

Cooperation seems simple: working
together toward a common goal for the benefit of all involved. But
amazingly it can be quite challenging, even when we have so many
successful examples all around us. Human society is based upon the
concept of cooperation, but finding a balance to ensure the good of all
members of society is difficult. In nature, symbiotic relationships
form between unlikely allies: a bee and a flower, a bird and a
rhinoceros, small fish and sharks. Yet nature also shows us instances
of constant competition in which only the strongest survive. Given the
choice, it seems most people would choose the more peaceful path of
cooperation. Intellectually, we know that together we can create
something greater than what one could do alone, but cooperation still
seems to be one of the greatest challenges people face. We don’t always
agree on how goals can be reached. Our priorities may be different, or
our methods, but in the end, cooperation offers the best chance fo! r
success.

So how can we learn to cooperate with
each other? We can gain greater perspective by trying to understand one
another’s point of view, perhaps even putting ourselves in their place.
We can search for commonalities as well as differences, and look for
the good in different approaches. There is always more than one way of
doing things, and some approaches are better suited for certain
situations than others. All this is easier when we let go of the
necessity to be right and to call others wrong. More important, we must
believe that there is a solution that benefits all involved, not just
one side.

The results of cooperation can be as
simple as effortlessly getting everyone in your household to their
appointments to large-scale social shifts to changing minds and hearts
or policies that affect the future. Published with permission from
Daily OM

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A Day At A Time

Reflection For The Day

Can I be wholeheartedly grateful for
today? If so, I’m opening doors to more and more abundant good. What if
I can’t be thankful for the “rain” that has fallen in my life — for the
so-called bad times? What then? I can begin by giving thanks for all
the sunshine I can remember, and for every blessing that ha come my
way. Perhaps then I’ll be able to look back over the rainy periods of
my life with new vision, seeing them as necessary; perhaps then, hidden
blessings I’ve overlooked will come to my attention. Am I Grateful for
all of life — both the sunshine and the rain?

Today I Pray

May I be grateful for all that has
happened to me, good an bad. Bad helps to define good. Sorrow
intensifies joy. Humility brings spirituality. Disease turns health
into a a paradise. Loneliness makes love both human and Divine, the
greatest gift of all. I thank God for the contrasts which have made me
know Him better.

Today I Will Remember

I am grateful for the whole of life.

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One More Day

To know That which lies before us in daily
life, Is the prime wisdom. – John Milton

It isn’t easy becoming an adult. We
have to pay the dues as we go along the path of life. As long as we
have had joy and suffering, we may as well learn to use our well-earned
adult perspective. After all, look how hard we worked to get here!

Enjoyment is still there, free for the
taking. All the intangibles we enjoyed before are still there – love,
honor, trust. We alone can decide, as we sift through the happenings of
our days, whether to call our lives wreckage or success, whether to
create delight or sorrow. A Change in circumstances or health doesn’t
mean the end of joyful living. Such changes will wisely, with greater
appreciation and understanding.

I will find and accept the gift of
joyful living today.

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One Day At A Time

~ RELIGION ~

Religion is for people who don't want
to go to hell.Program is for people who have already
been there.Unknown

I was religious when I came into
program and I was ready and willing to tell everyone what the "true"
faith was. I went to church every Sunday. I was a religion teacher. I
knew it all.

The truth is I didn't know ANYTHING.
It didn't take long for me to begin to question my own religiosity. In
fact, it began at Steps two and three. Before long, I wondered if there
was a God at all. If there was, is God a He, a She or an It? Then I
decided, yes there was a God, but did He/She/It care about me?

The real truth is God is who God needs
to be to work through me. There's no right or wrong answer to my
questions. What I DO know is that God loves me just the way I am.

The greatest gift my Higher Power gave
me came on the day I looked up to "heaven" and told God, "I don't
believe in You!" And that still, quiet voice inside of me asked, "Then
to Whom are you speaking?"

One Day at a Time . . .I don't have to have theological
"proof" that there is a Power greater than myself. I just need to
believe.~ Debbie ~

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AA 'Big Book' - Quote

Try to remember that though God has
wrought miracles among us, we should never belittle a good doctor or
psychiatrist. Their services are often indispensable in treating a
newcomer and in following his case afterward. - Pg. 133 - The Family
Afterward

Hour To Hour - Book - Quote

Your moods, your attitudes, and
thoughts will unfold in ways that baffle you. Are you angry, resentful,
frustrated or afraid now that you are committed to recovery? Probably.
Despite this, you will experience moments of clarity when you realize
there is Divine Order. Unexpectedly, confusion may be lifted for
greater understanding, then just as quickly, you may feel baffled once
again by your loss. Cling to the moments of clarity.

My Spiritual Source is preparing my
way and restoring order to my world even when I feel out of control.

I Can Lift My Own Spirits

I will lift my own spirits today. I
will look for that place in me that is still and serene, that isn't
just constantly in response mode. Somewhere there is a constant,
meditative place where the little and even the even big concerns of the
day slip away and become less important. A place where life is just
life and I can breathe in and out of a place of inner calm. Life
doesn't have to prove itself to me today for me to treasure it. It is
enough that I am here, that I have my freedom of thought and movement.
I will appreciate the life I have.

I am connected with the divine

- Tian Dayton PhD

Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote

This is a 'We' program, not a 'Me'
program. We do this together. Look at our steps. They all say 'We
admitted' or 'We came to believe. Doing it together makes us stronger
and less likely to fool ourselves with dysfunctional ways of thinking.

This is a self-help program that I
can't do by myself.

"Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book" - Book

Work the program hard; life is easy.
Work the program easy; life is hard.

Time for Joy - Book - Quote

It feels terrific letting go of
perfection as my goal. As I let go of my judgments, all parts of me
come together and I feel complete.

Alkiespeak - Book - Quote

Put the cork in the bottle and let
your conscience be your guide. - Anon.

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AA Thought for the Day

April 21

Help OthersShowing others who suffer how we were
given helpis the very thing which makes life
seem so worthwhile to us now.Cling to the thought that, in God's
hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have-- the key to life and happiness for
others.With it you can avert death and misery
for them.- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 124

Prayer"Common sense would thus become
uncommon sense.I was to sit quietly when in doubt,asking only for direction and strengthto meet my problems as He would have
me.Never was I to pray for myself,except as my requests bore on myusefulness to others.Then only might I expect to receive.But that would be in great measure."Bill W., Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 13

Thought to Consider . . .I listen for direction now.

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*H O P E = Hang On, Pray Everyday

*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*

AssistanceFrom "To Employers":"This is not to say that all
alcoholics are honest and upright when not drinking. Of course that
isn't so, and such people often may impose on you. Seeing your attempt
to understand and help, some men will try to take advantage of your
kindness. If you are sure your man does not want to stop, he may as
well be discharged, the sooner the better. You are not doing him a
favor by keeping him on. Firing such an individual may prove a blessing
to him. It may be just the jolt he needs."2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition;
Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 141

*~*~*~*~*^ Grapevine Quote ^*~*~*~*~*

"My need lay along spiritual lines,
part of which consisted in helping others -- something startlingly new
to me."March 1945"Ways of Coming into AA,"Spiritual Awakenings II

~*~*~*~*^ Big Book & Twelve N' Twelve
Quotes of the Day ^*~*~*~*~*

"When we became alcoholics, crushed by
a self-imposed crisis we couldnot postpone or evade, we had to
fearlessly face the proposition thateither God is everything or else He is
nothing. God either is or He isn't."~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We
Agnostics, pg. 53~

I pray that you now remove from me
every single defect of character which stands in the way of my
usefulness to you and my fellows.~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition,
Into Action, Page 76~

We needn’t wallow in excessive remorse
before those we have harmed, but amends at this level should always be
forthright and generous.-Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p.
86

Misc. AA Literature - Quote

Surveying the PastWe should make an accurate and really
exhaustive survey of our past life as it has affected other people. In
many instances we shall find that, though the harm done others has not
been great, we have nevertheless done ourselves considerable emotional
injury.Then, too, damaging emotional
conflicts persist below the level of consciousness, very deep,
sometimes quite forgotten. Therefore, we should try hard to recall and
review those past events which originally induced these conflicts and
which continue to give our emotions violent twists, thus discoloring
our personalities and altering our lives for the worse.'We reacted more strongly to
frustrations than normal people. By relieving these episodes and
discussing them in strict confidence with somebody else, we can reduce
their size and therefore their potency in the unconscious.'1. TWELVE AND TWELVE, PP. 79-802. LETTER, 1957

Prayer For The Day: As I travel through the rest of my day,
may the God of hope fill me with all joy and peace in believing, so
that by the power of the Holy Spirit I may abound in hope. Amen.

Ask
and you shall receive,Seek and ye shall find,Knock and it shall be opened unto you.Matthew 7:7

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